We need your feedback on an update to the rarity system!

[opaliss]

I actually love the idea of 4 new rarities since I can finally have monthly pets that aren't all just common lol

[Elm]

I actually love the idea of 4 new rarities since I can finally have monthly pets that aren't all just common lol

I feel like they would be more on the lower side of the scale since there would be more in circulation/ more on active accounts.

[Sugared_Strawberries]

I'm personally a fan of options 1 or 2 but all seem like good solutions! I'm always glad to see the site improving! If the 3rd option is implemented, I suggest commemorating it akin to the last rarity update by releasing a themed litter!

[Oddity-Lad]

I'm personally a fan of options 1 or 2 but all seem like good solutions! I'm always glad to see the site improving! If the 3rd option is implemented, I suggest commemorating it akin to the last rarity update by releasing a themed litter!

Second that, always down for fun themed litters

[Seasonal]

I like option 3 the best - I think having more rarities will make values a bit more accurate and make it easier to trade among those groups. ^^

[Lex.]

I'm personally a fan of options 1 or 2 but all seem like good solutions! I'm always glad to see the site improving! If the 3rd option is implemented, I suggest commemorating it akin to the last rarity update by releasing a themed litter!

Second that, always down for fun themed litters

This would be a great idea! Imagine a split litter, the fun chaos :o

[Madel]

Would adding the new rarities mean there would be less OMGSR pets?

[Sixx O'Clock]

I'm not all that active in the trading side of CS anymore, but I feel that adding the 4 new rarities would really benefit those who are still involved with trading. I think it might help clear up some of those arguments/debates some people have about which of two very rare pets is rarer or some silliness like that, since with the way things are set up now, there's more of a difference between a pet on the lower end of the rarity tier and one on the higher end, if that makes sense.

[Spaceinmyhead]

Would adding the new rarities mean there would be less OMGSR pets?

As Lacuna said earlier, no pets would be moving from OMGSR

[50blessingzz!]

As a very old player, I think the 4 added rarities would be a good thing. There is no solution that everyone will like or agree with, but more clarity on pet values that is not determined by the opinions of user base is a great step in the right direction to making trades less tedious.


However: if the rarity bars are going to be revamped anyway -please- add some textures or differentiating shapes on the rarity bar, in consideration for people who are colorblind/have vision challenges. Regardless of what colors end up being picked, the gradient scale system is extremely difficult to differentiate for people who don't have 'standard' color/vision recognition.

Notches in the bar will definitely be a help, but I want you to imagine the frustration of having to count notches in a bulk trade of 50+ pets because all the colors in the middle rarities look like the same shade of red/green and the font underneath the rarity bar is so small it might as well not be there. It is exhausting, especially on mobile.

Even something as small as only texturing every other 'rarity' color, with something as simple as some horizontal lines in the bar, would be better than nothing. It would help to be able to tell rarities apart at a glance and greatly improve the accessibility for users that don't have 'standard' color vision.

((A more complete example of a disability aware rating system would be:
Rarity one: just a color no marking in the bar, Rarity two: color with diagonal stripes in the bar from top right to bottom left, Rarity three: color with diagonal stripes in the bar from top left to bottom right, Rarity Four: color with horizontal stripes in the bar, Rarity five: color with no markings, Rarity six: color with diagonal stripes in the bar from top right to bottom left, Rarity Seven: color with diagonal stripes in the bar from top left to bottom right, etc, etc.
Pattern repeats until all colors are accounted for, ensuring every middle color is visually different in some way, even if all the colors 'look' the same to the user.))

YES this is incredibly important so many websites don't consider these problems until they're brought up^^^